Tuesday 23rd March, 2010 Old rivals meet in cager final S. Thomas’ College will Chanaka. Royal in the same meet Royal College in the period scored as many as 25 under-15 Colombo South points taking thus ensuring Zone cager final at the a place in the final. The Royal College courts at final score was 65-48. Reid Avenue today at Menaka Ashen top 4:00pm. Both schools scored with 17 points while recorded comfortable victo- Julian Gunasinghe scored ries in the semi-finals 16 pints. Shamaz Shiraz fin- worked off yesterday at ished with 14 points. For St. Under-19 Limited Overs Reid Avenue with Royal Joseph’s Sameera Chanaka beating St. Joseph’s Boys’ top scored with 28 points School, Nugegoda while S. while Jude Tharindu Richmond book Thomas’ overcame St. scored 14. Sebastian’s College, S. Thomas’ meanwhile pre-quarter final berth Moratuwa. beat St. Sebastian’s by 13 by Reemus Fernando 35 overs (Kusal Prabodha These four teams quali- points after leading 44-37 at 36n.o, Dananjaya de Silva fied to play the Under-15 ‘A’ half-time. Richmond College 21n.o, Yasodha Lanka 18) Division Tournament and Michael Alphonsus booked a berth in the pre- St. Joseph’s Boys’ School played superbly for S. quarter finals of the Inter- Satharasinghe steers DSS were the surprise package Thomas’ top scoring with School Under-19 Limited Charith Satharasinghe to qualify for the top divi- 39 points and there was Overs Tournament as scored an unbeaten 68 sion in a tournament good support from Amal they beat St. Servatius’ by runs for D.S. Senanayake where St. Peter’s College, Amarawardene and seven College to Bambalapitiya and Lyceum Avishka Ranasinghe, who in their record a five International School, scored 17 and eight points knockout victo- Nugegoda were relegated to respectively. match played ry over the ‘B’ Division. For St. Sebastian’s Rajen at Uyanwatte Vidyartha In yesterday’s first semi- Fernando top scored with Stadium, College, final, however, St. Joseph’s 22 points while Nishen Matara yes- Kandy in failed to have an impact Perera and Kenneth terday. their Inter- despite doing well in the Wickramasinghe chipped Deciding School first-half. St. Joseph’s had in with 15 points each. to bat first St. Under-19 taken a two point lead Servatius’ Limited against Royal College with Today’s Schedule were shot out Overs the scoreboard reading 27 for 96 runs Tournament to 25, but the third quarter 2:30 pm Consolation Final with Irosha match played at swung the game completely St. Joseph’s BS vs Samarasooriya and Wijerama Mawatha yes- Royal’s way as St. Joseph’s St. Sebastian’s Dileepa Priyadharshana terday. lost momentum. 4:00 pm Final sharing five wickets Scores: They just managed three Royal vs S. Thomas’ between them. Vidyartha 189 all out Michael Alphonsus of S. Thomas’ College (white number 9) attempts a rebound against points in the entire quarter, 5:30 pm Richmond chased the in 47.5 overs (Sameera Keeneth Wickramasinghe (green number 5) of St. Sebastian’s College in yesterday’s semi- coming in the form of a three pointer by Sameera Prize Distribution target with seven wickets Abeyratne 67, Dinusha final worked off at Royal College court at Reid Avenue. Pic courtesy Dilani de Silva. and 15 overs to spare. Gunathilaka 40, Ruwan Scores: Bandara 21; Mohamed St. Servatius’ 96 all Ijaz 4/32, Sahan out in 44 overs (Gihan Amarasinghe 2/36) Nimsara 23, Lahiru DSS 193 for 5 in 40.5 Kokila 35; Irosh overs (Charith IPL hits record Samarasooriya 3/07, Satharasinghe 68n.o, Bell’s hundred Dileepa Priyadharshana Malshan Gunasinghe 2/22) 31n.o, Sanoj Cyril 21; cricket team sales takes England to Richmond 99 for 3 in Kasun Wijekoon 2/45) of $703m Messi carries Barcelona March 22 2010: The Indian Premier League set a record for as his stature grows team sales in a sign of the growing 440 for eight interest among companies to reach MADRID (AP) - Next up Messi after his dominating the burgeoning consumer classes via DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - 74 at stumps along with James middle session. The touring side for the Lionel Messi show - performance at La Ian Bell stroked his 10th test cen- Tredwell who has yet to score. then lost (6) and Osasuna. Romareda, where even the the country’s most lucrative sporting tury and made a half Bresnan and Bell added 143 (3) in the final ses- Messi has been a one- home fans were out of their extravaganza. century as England reached 440 runs in their sixth wicket stand to sion. Swann was run out by Hasan man scoring act with his seats. Sahara Group, an Indian con- for eight at stumps Monday, taking help England prosper against an while Mahmuduallah had Broad second hat trick inside eight Messi scored with his glomerate that also sponsors the a 21-run lead over Bangladesh on imposing Bangladesh total of 419. leg before wicket. days keeping Barcelona in head before a highlight reel the third day of the second cricket Bresnan's cautious 50 Resuming on their overnight the Spanish league race as run that he called one of his national cricket team, and came off 137 balls score of 171-3, England was 285-5 the defending champions greatest and added the sec- Rendezvous Sport on Sunday with three bound- at lunch and 372-5 at tea. kept pace with Real Madrid ond with a defender who he bought the Pune and Kochi teams aries. Bell's 98-run fifth-wicket part- on top of the standings with left on the turf with his 68 points. quick feet tugging on his for $370m and $333m respectively. After losing nership with (62) ended test. two wickets in just before lunch, when Prior Messi leads Spain with shorts. He took his third The two new teams together netted Bell scored the first session, went down the pitch and mis- 25 league goals and has 34 in from a quickly taken shot more than the combined franchise of his century from England held judged a from Shakib Al all competitions after notch- that curled past goalkeeper the eight teams the IPL auctioned 201 balls, including out in the Hasan. ing his fifth career hat trick Roberto Jimenez. in Sunday's 4-2 win at "I have no doubt that you when the cricket tournament was 11 boundaries and Opener was the one six, and ended his first out, without adding to his Zaragoza. His form has can compare him (to launched two years ago. fine innings on 138 off overnight score of 64, when he inspired suggestions that Maradona) and that he's Lalit Modi, the chairman of the 263 balls in the third ses- played a Hasan delivery onto his the 22-year-old is on course even better. He's so young IPL, told members of the Board of sion. Jahurul Islam stumps. to becoming one of the all- and he has a fabulous future caught him as he tried to England won the first test by time greats, alongside the ahead," defender Daniel Control for Cricket in India, the sweep a 181 runs. likes of his Argentina coach Alves said. "Let's hope he sport’s organising body in the coun- delivery. Diego Maradona. keeps on like this." try, that: “I don’t think there is any Bresnan was unbeaten on Coach Pep Guardiola Barcelona president recession going on as far as the IPL said he'd run out of superla- Joan Laporta called Messi tives to describe Messi. the best player in the his- is concerned.” SCOREBOARD England's Ian Bell "He's so good tory of football, even The existing eight teams, which Bangladesh, 1st Innings: 419 bats against that it's impos- if Messi hasn't were bought in early 2008 by England, 1st Innings sible for him been able to A. Cook c Kayes b Razzak 21 Bangladesh on the Bollywood stars such as Shah Rukh not to be so carry over that J. Trott b Hasan 64 second day of their involved in form into Khan and industrialists including K. Pietersen c Kayes b Hasan 45 second so much of international Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, P. Collingwood lbw b Hossain 0 match in Dhaka, the play," play with fetched between $60m and $112m I. Bell c Jahurul Islam b Hasan 138 Guardiola Argentina. M. Prior b Hasan 62 Bangladesh, Sunday, for the BCCI. Since then, the launch said. "He's "I don't T. Bresnan 74 March 21, 2010. (AP) been one know what of the tournament has G. Swann run out (Hasan) 6 of the the secret helped the IPL to build a strong glob- S. Broad lbw b Mahmudullah 3 chosen with Messi al audience and allowed it to cut big- J. Tredwell not out 0 ones for here is," Extras: (9b, 11lb, 1w, 6nb) 27 some time Guardiola ger deals with advertisers, sponsors Total: (for eight wickets) 440 now." said. and broadcasters. Overs: 154 The biggest Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-105, 3-107, 4- question for 174, 5-272, 6-415, 7-426, 8-434. Wednesday's opponent Still to bat: S. Finn. Osasuna is how to stop Bowling: Shafiul 14-3-45-0 (1w), Abdur 37-7-127-1, Shakib 57-27-99- 4, Mahmudullah 15-3-36-1, Rubel 23-4-80-1 (6nb), Naeem 7-0-29-0, Tamim 1-0-4-0. Toss: Ban Umpires: R. Tucker (Aus) and T. Hill (NZ) TV Umpire: N. Shah (Ban) Match Referee: J. Crowe (NZ)

Tuesday 23rd March, 2010